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After the May elections we see a whole set of emerging challenges for the new government. The new decade brings many challenges; servicing the borrowing requirements of UK’s national debt, whilst finding sources of finance to deliver investment in our infrastructure and urban fabric. IDP has been developing new techniques to assist Regeneration and Redevelopment in the new decade.
Funding The first challenge will be to attract funding and investment at a time of economic uncertainty. IDPartnership have developed a close working relationship with major Sustainable Infrastructure Funds and numerous other venture capital providers to assist in the delivery of appropriate schemes.
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“Doing more with less� is sometimes a tall order, but quite often this process can be initiated by a swift lateral thinking exercise. Brainstorming can kick start a project, and depending upon the skill set of the attendees, can often break developmental logjams and challenge conventional thinking. IDPartnership are experienced brainstorm facilitators.
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Sustainable Technologies The practice has made great progress in finding novel sources of funding, conserving energy and minimising waste in the construction process. IDPartnership have been successful in supporting new businesses and SME’s in particular, within the energy and sustainable technologies sector.
Skilled Researchers The Firms studio based working, has been enormously enhanced by the contribution of researchers. They have contributed to the learning curve we have all made with regard to these new and emergent techniques and technologies. IDPartnership are well positioned to face the at changes of the new decade, with techniques that ng help to Adopt, Adapt and Improve current working digm practices, to meet the challenges of this “Paradigm Change” decade.
PPS4 : Planning for Sustainable Economic Growth PPS4 is finally here. It has been one year and five months in production, went through two separate consultation exercises and has condensed three plus Planning Policy Statements along the way. The new PPS4 brings together in one statement all National Planning Policy on town centres, retailing and economic development. Accompanying PPS4 is a good practice guide, Planning for Town Centres.
The key messages of PPS4 are: • A presumption in favour of proposals for sustainable, economic development • A more joined up approach to planning, not only with the combining of these policy documents, but with cross-references to heritage, energy and sustainability advice • Greater scope for the protection of local shops, retain diversity, rural services and facilities • Recognition of retail as economic development alongside commercial uses • Promotion of the rural economy and a drive toward equal growth across the regions and across urban and rural areas • Emphasis on plan making related to a proper evidence base • Greater emphasis on real consumer choice and competition
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Code 6 House, Longbenton for Yuill Homes In the course of 2009, IDPartnership have been assisting Yuill Group in Partnership with ISOS Housing and North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council, in the development of two Code 6 Carbon Neutral houses within the Longbenton Area Regeneration Programme.
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Yuill Group have understood the challenge of delivering Code 6 Houses, not just in terms of technical expertise, but the need to grow technical capability in advanced Modern Methods of Construction within the Northern Region. For this purpose, they have identified two plots at the end of this very successful regeneration programme, to showcase Code 6 technologies, and to create a Test Bed for advanced construction techniques and the integration of building packages.
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North Tyneside are keen to understand the challenges and opportunities of living in a Code 6 House, so that residents of the Borough can gain a clear perception of the lifestyle changes that such living requires. The scheme consists of two units; one a four bedroom family house, in a three storey format, acts as a corner turner, and vista stop at the end of the street. An adjacent two bedroom family house will create a learning resource centre for a twelve month period after construction is finished.
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Prior to its handover for residential purposes, the two bedroom family house will provide visiting school children, students and construction trainees, with an insight into the different technologies available to create a Code 6 Carbon Neutral home. Visitors will be able to monitor and interrogate the levels of energy being expended by the family living in the adjacent house. The public will to see the difference this is making in real terms, to the typical carbon footprint of a house of this size, and to understand from presentation material in the house, the kinds of challenges that residents face, and their reaction to them. Yuill understand that making the leap in terms of Carbon Neutral Construction, requires a “bottom up� process, and the site staff and supply chain will all be involved in understanding the Aims, Objectives and Challenges in using the carbon footprint. This Sustainability Expo will also showcase cutting edge Carbon Neutral Technologies such as the Envac system from Sweden, a vacuum extraction system for household waste, which helps residents sort and separate different waste streams, simplifies recycling, and will eventually create a re-occurring revenue for the community. Car Clubs and Rapid Rate Electrical Chargers for the next generation of battery cars being created on Wearside by Nissan, will also be included in the exhibition material. Northumbria University are providing the overview and monitoring of the units, and its close location to the urban centre of Tyneside, will ensure easy access for all those passionate about going green and reducing the UK’s carbon footprint.
The Placemaking Process - Simplifying Without Dumbing Down In the course of 2009, the Practice has invested a great deal of time and effort in “fine tuning” its Urban Regeneration Techniques, and in particular, ensuring that the process from the initial sketch with local residents, to the delivery of high quality, safe, attractive places to live, is part of a seamless “Continuum”. IDPartnership passionately believe the “Placemaking” needs to be an inclusive process that local people are interested in. • A process that’s easy to understand • A process which they can be involved in • A process which can be informed by the experts – local people In order to do this, IDPartnership have created a seamless chain of information, which coordinates two dimensional plan information, with the three dimensional perceptual illustrations of what the area looks like currently, and what it may look like in the future. IDPartnership believe that the regeneration process is often driven along by “two dimensional” images that many people find hard to understand. We believe that it is particularly important that architects explore the possibilities and build the arguments in a “pictoral” manner which is easy to understand; - and most importantly, is engaging for local people. To do this, they try and develop a “story line” or “narrative” for the area; - how it has developed; - how it might develop in the future.
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In order to explain what these new spaces may be like, they prepare a series of views based on the idea of a “walk through the area”. Utilising computer aided design; - wire frame images can quickly be used to help illustrate a number of different permutations, and in such a way, the “Placemaking” process can be made accessible, interesting and enjoyable to local people. Most importantly, the computer images are informed by all the statutory and technical criteria; • Privacy distances • Adoptable road widths • Turning heads • Service way leaves etc. • Waste Collection In this way, the aspirational and the functional considerations, can be considered in parallel, and the consultation/design evolution process, can be managed quickly, efficiently. Most importantly it guarantees, the enthusiastic commitment of local people who see the importance of “Making Their Place”.
Charrettes Syndrome? Public Consultation and Empowerment IDPartnership have for a number of years, been involved in “planning for real” days, and interacting with local people with regard to no opportunities and challenges in the renovation off their locale. k People for Places are developing Smiths Dock w in North Shields, to create a circa 800 unit new neighbourhood in this historic riverside port. As a first stage in the evaluation of the masterplan, they invited IDPARTNERSHIP, EGRET WEST and IAN SIMPSON to assist them m ch h in the running of a day long Charrette, in which nd large groups of local people interacted with, an and challenged the exis existing masterplan. Th T e Charrette was ““Design in Real Time”, each ch The gr rou o p of local resid group residents had a team of willing a ar ch hitects and u r a designers to draw, sketch rb ch h architects urban and an d in nvestigatte thei th hei contributions, suggestions, n , ns investigate their and an d conc cernss, w ith regard to the evolving concerns, with m ma assterplan. masterplan. T he da ay lo llong ng sses e sio o was demanding and The day session cchallenging, ch alleng ng gin ing, g but a ll participants agreed, a vast all amount o g ound dh off gr ground had been covered, and this intense and exciting g consultation technique, had rre ignited comm mm mit i me and interest in the project. reignited commitment It h a a as lso qu q ickl klyy rreaffirmed local people’s kl has also quickly Ai ims a and n Asp spiratio on for the first phases of this Aims Aspirations su substant ntia ial reme edia substantial remediated Dock side area.
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Throckley Regeneration for Your Homes Newcastle and Barratt Urban Renewal This innovative 81 unit housing scheme delivers a new, mixed tenure neighbourhood for the suburb of Throckley in Tyneside. Detailed Planning was granted in August 2009 The “Tenure Blind” layout, creates a seamless new neighbourhood, integrated with the existing community. The design delivers traffic calmed play streets and mews, with a strong landscaped framework, which provides green links to the existing settlement.
Ground Broken By Council Leader The first “sod” of this ground breaking scheme was cut by Councillor John Shipley, Leader of Newcastle City Council on 25 June 2010, Councillor Shipley was proud to announce the first new “Council Houses” built in Tyneside in the last 25 years. The Throckley project heralds a new approach to Urban Regeneration, in which modest sized areas of housing which are no longer “Fit for Purpose”, are cleared to make way for small scale interventions. These particular blocks and play streets are human in scale, and offer a wide range of tenure, rented, shared ownership and for sale properties. They provide a balanced community with a strong sense of place, which contributes to the overall wellbeing and safety of the village.
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Kibblesworth Village, Gateshead for Keepmoat and Gateshead Housing Company This carefully considered, urban infill site, provides re-investment at the hub of a former Colliery Village. Housing for sale, shared ownership and rent, are combined together in a sensitive design, which reunifies areas of the village, which were previously separated by vacant plots from cleared “Airey� houses. The design utilises and safeguards the existing street pattern and acknowledge desire lines across the site.
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Homes, and meets HCA space standards, with perimeter block layouts that maximise passive surveillance, whilst at the same time, creating human sized courtyard arrangements, nestled into the steep slope of the site. A wide range of housing tenures will be available. Detailed consultation involving local residents, stakeholders and partners, has enabled change to take place within a “fast track” programme, and the first phase will start on site in March 2010. A new PCT Healthcare Building forms the focal point at the centre of the new community, enhancing access to health and wellbeing.
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Housing Association at Loftus in Redcar and Cleveland. The existing failed sixties estates, was designed on the “Radburn” principle, and is being demolished. The site is being re-profiled to facilitate the construction of a new estate road, which will provide a circulatory route through the site, superseding the previous “cul de sac” format which left those most vulnerable families deep within the estate, and furthest from the facilities.
School Street, Hebburn South Tyneside Council has selected a consortium of ROK plc and the Four Housing Group to take forward the development on Council-owned land at School Street. The plans, for the easterly half of the site, include the construction of 71 houses ranging from twobedroom bungalows to four-bedroom houses have been prepared by award winning Architects; IDPartnership. Subject to planning permission and a successful bid for social housing grant from the Homes and Communities Agency, works are due to start this summer. Councillor Michael Clare, Lead Member Jobs, Enterprise and Regeneration, said: “We received
a number of very impressive proposals for the site, but ROK’s submission was of outstanding quality. The scheme will contribute to the regeneration of Hebburn town centre and we will be working closely with the developers to ensure smooth progress. This scheme will bring about a big improvement to School Street and I look forward to seeing it progress”. Four Housing Group is the parent company of Three Rivers Housing Association and Berwick Borough Housing. The new homes at School Street, Hebburn, will be managed by Three Rivers Housing Association. Lynda Peacock, Director of Development and Regeneration at Four Housing Group, added: “Four
Housing Group is delighted to have successfully bid for the delivery of much needed affordable and environmentally friendly homes in Hebburn. We are looking forward to working with South Tyneside Council and developing a strong partnership that will benefit the community.” Martin Donnachie, Managing Director of ROK Building Limited, added: “We are pleased to
have been selected together with our partner, Four Housing Group, to deliver a major new affordable housing project at School Street in Hebburn. This is an exciting opportunity that will see significant investment in energy efficient new homes, together with much needed local training and employment in the area.” Roger Copestake, Partner of IDPartnership, explained that the incorporated
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House of Recovery, Newcastle Idpartnership have carried out an Interim Feasibility Report for National Energy Action, with regard to the organisation moving into a Grade II listed building; the House of Recovery, and using it as their national headquarters. IDPartnership’s brief has been to investigate how a listed building and historic structure,
interventions to increase the thermal resistivity and thermal performance, must do so in a very sensitive manner. IDPartnership believe that evolving techniques to improve the thermal performance of our existing housing stock, places of work, leisure, health and wellbeing, are essential in order to
can be appraised in terms of its energy performance, to ensure that NEA’s criteria of
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sustainability and low carbon emissions, can be accommodated within this important historical and cultural asset.
Listed Buildings and Ancient Monuments, require a high degree of sensitivity and skill in the design of the energy saving technology
The Grade II listed House of Recovery was one of the first custom built hospitals in the UK, and its position immediately adjacent to the historic 14th Century City Walls, means that
and applications. It is crucial to consider the Buildings Conservation Strategy at the outset, to ensure the cultural assets are painstakingly safeguarded, whilst environmental performance levels are increased.
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Amble, Northumberland IDPartnership were appointed by The Northumberland Estates, to contribute to the design/development of a Detailed Planning Application for a mixed use scheme in this historic seaside town. Amble is a large fishing village/small town, which formerly depended on the fishing
A new Anchor Retail Operator, is being attracted into the town on the basis of a 30,000 sq ft purpose built store, with the benefit of car parking. The scale and massing of this building are broken down in order to sit comfortably within the adjoining housing courts. The mixed use development is accessed by a new bridge across the Braid, providing useful
industry, and nearby collieries. In recent years, the retail offer of the high street has diminished, relief to the inadequate car parking on front street. A new pedestrian routeway links the and the Anchor Food Store has been lost. existing street to the new car parking facilities occupy the rising ground between this historic thoroughfare and the “Braid”, a tidal inlet which defines the edge of the settlement.
and Anchor Store., providing a triangular customer “footfall” which will hopefully reinvigorate the commercial and retail activity of the high street.
Northumberland Estates sought the opportunity to “tidy up” this backlands area, introducing sensitively scaled housing, with a varied roofscape, which provides an attractive backdrop to the rear of the settlement.
IDPartnership carried out a series of townscape exercises to research the views into the site from the Braid, and provided a wide range of CGI views to enable local people to participate in the consultation process.
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Stocksfield Hall IDPartnership have been working with IHC Merwede/The Engineering Business; - the North East’s most advanced undersea engineers. IHC/EB, design and develop; remote operated vessels, undersea ploughs and submarine escape vessels, together with a wide range of services to the undersea oil and gas industry. They employ over 150 design engineers, who work from two sites within rural Tyne Valley, and a wide range of constructors and fabricators, who build the equipment on Tyneside and Teesside. In order to cope with the expansion of their business, EB needed to bring together their two Tyne Valley operations into one rationalised campus at Stocksfield Hall; a rural business park, built around historic farm buildings in the Tyne Valley. IDPartnership needed to demonstrate how increased floor area of 25,000 sqft could be sensitively integrated within the fine grain of the existing rural business park, creating a bespoke working environment, that would enable the high level design engineers to be creative and efficient within their own purpose built work and research environment. IDPartnership developed three dimensional designs provided a detailed design, and made a detailed planning application, supported by an intensive area wide consultation process. Public meetings considered CGI, perspective sketches, axonometrics models, and photo montage, which were used to explore and evaluate the impact of the scheme. Detailed Planning was achieved in Feburary 2009
Student Accommodation, Stoddart Street, Newcastle IDP are working with Metnor on the delivery
396 new bed spaces for the University of Northumbria, targeted for completion of the
in the summer of 2011. The scheme embodies many highly sustainable features such as green roofs, solar thermal energy collection to provide hot water for student’s showers , a “living wall� which embodies principles of encouraging local micro climate diversity, habitat creation and retention.
The scheme contributes to the ongoing regeneration of the Upper Ouseburn Valley The facing materials are a mixture of traditional masonry with high performance render, coloured rainscreen cladding panels and high quality curtain walling systems. The accommodation consists of a range of flatted dwellings for students ranging from standard five bedroom clusters up to bespoke studio units offering a wide range of choice for the students at University of Northumbria. The project will be turn-key and include
an attractive ground floor entrance and lounge area all fixtures and fittings, including
where students can gather and socialise. It is anticipated that the site will employ over 200 workers at its peak during 2010. The majority of these will be local jobs for local suppliers.
Beadnell Beadnell is a much sought after holiday hamlet on the North East Coast, south of Bamburgh. Over the last seventy years, it has grown up in an “ad hoc” manner, and a plethora of holiday homes and styles, now subsumes the former Northumbrian Fishing Village. IDPartnership and Yuill developed a mixed use scheme in an infill site, between existing holiday homes. The Local Authority wished to see a return to the Northumbrian Fishing Village vernacular, and IDPartnership prepared a computer model, supporting CGI’s, sun/shading exercises, and distance view vignettes to assist local people in the consultation process. Detailed Planning was achieved for the 38 no. of units on 8th January 2009.
Lambton Coke Works IDPartnership won the National Design Competition to re-develop the Lambton Coke Works site, held by the HCA in 2008. Barratt Urban Renewal prepared a development proposal for 350 new homes on the former Coke Works, which have been remediated as part of the contract. Green routes and landscape corridors, ensure that the development has strong links with the adjoining wildlife park. These sustainable modern house designs, benefit from the Country Park setting, and deliver aspirational family homes.
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Blyth Beach Houses Blyth Valley District Council ceased to exist in 2009. As one of its final acts, it decided to invest in it’s seaside, and deliver a rejuvenated promenade area as a legacy to the people of the town. Blyth is a former seaside mining town on the North East Coast. Blyth chose to make a bold statement for the investment in its crumbling seaside facilities, and held a Design Competition for new purpose built beach huts. IDPartnership won the design competition with sustainable, low carbon sedum roofed beach huts. The beach huts have access to the seaside through the front door, and access to a child safe balcony on the lee side, which will invariably be the focus of family picnics.
Blyth invested money in the adjacent historic World War 1 and World War 2 fortifications, and renovated the promenade connecting to a centralised changing facilities, cafeteria, and lifeguards station. The contract value of the promenade and beach huts, was ÂŁ1.2M, ÂŁ200,000.00 of which was for the chalets. The Initiative has been a runaway success, and the chalets are booked in advance for the whole season. The surrounding landscape and promenade was designed by Southern Green, and all elements of the regeneration programme were enhanced by artists working in the environment, and providing a seaside narrative for the whole development.
Cyrenians IDPartnership won the competition to design a Residential Sports Academy as a joint project between the Cyrenians, Gateshead Redheugh 1957 Club, and 4 Housing Group. The project is being funded by the Government’s; Places of Change Initiative, Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council and South Tyneside Council who are partnering with the organisations to deliver a positive environment in which young people can be given the necessary support and encouragement they need, whilst also gaining access to sporting and leisure opportunities that they have never had.
The Cyrenians work with homeless people on Tyneside, and Gateshead Redheugh 1957 Club, have enthusiastically supported them in creating a residential environment in which new experiences of team play, physical exercise and competitive sports, can be experienced as valued team members.
Silverdale, Stoke on Trent The Silverdale competition was won in stiff competition with other national developers. Silverdale Colliery, the largest Pit in the Black Country, and when it closed, widespread unemployment ensued within the village and environment. The Silverdale Regeneration Project is remediating the site and the creation of 300 units, alongside a newly landscaped linear park with access to the surrounding moors, and wildlife reserve, will regenerate the village of Silverdale.
300 new homes are created to supplement the existing village, delivering a wider range of housing, tenures and choice. Silverdale will be the largest new housing development in Staffordshire, and will have a major effect in kick-starting the local economy.
IDPartnership - Practice Overview IDPartnership was formed in the early 1980’s, in the North-east of England and it has grown to become one of the leading architectural practices in the UK with offices strategically located in London, Newcastle, Coventry and Glasgow. The partnership employs over 70 members of staff and provides services which include Architecture, Masterplanning, Urban Design, Regeneration Consultancy and Construction Design Management. Our philosophy is to create sustainable schemes of the highest aspiration and to make every project a pleasurable experience for all concerned. This approach has resulted in a number of award winning schemes which have received regional and national recognition. As interest in sustainability has grown IDPartnership has remained at the forefront of this design philosophy. Rather than focus on sustainability as a one-dimensional technological solution, we have always approached development in a holistic way. Through careful and considered analysis, testing and design we develop integrated and lasting solutions. We have a proven track record of delivering projects to the highest standards across a range of sectors. With a flexible approach and diverse skill base we find innovative, deliverable solutions to complex, real world problems. IDPartnership are an innovative company encompassing the creative professional skills of architects, town planners, urban designers, regeneration specialists, project managers and visualisation experts. Our experienced staff aims to respond quickly to clients requests whilst at the same time ensuring the highest quality of advice across a wide-range of specialisms. IDPartnership have been awarded ISO 9001 for their quality assurance procedures and IDPartnership are also recognised ‘Investors in People’, ensuring staff remain up-to-date with latest policy, guidance and technique. The task of the architect is most often one of communication. At idpartnership we have invested in both equipment and skills to ensure that we have the capacity to generate visuals that are appropriate to all stages of the design process. We have a team of dedicated graphic and visualisation staff that have won international awards for the quality of their work.
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